Portable adjusting-table for use of chiropractors



S. E. KAUFMAN.

PORTABLE ADJUSTING TABLE FOR USE OF CHIROPRACTORS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 10,1918.

1,338,735. I Patented y 4,1920.

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SAMUEL E. KAUFMAN, OF BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN.

PORTABLE ADJUSTING-TABLE FOR USE 8F GHIROZPRACTORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Application filed July 10, 1918. Serial No. 244,317.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL-E. KAUF- MAN, residing at Beaver Dam, in the county of Dodge and State of \Visconsin, have invented a new and useful Portable Adjusting-Table for Use of Chiropractors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to portable tables designed to support patients while receiving chiropractic adjustments.

The objects of my invention are to provide a light portable table which can be folded into a small compass and which will be adjustable and will furnish. the necessary strength and rigidity; also to furnish a flexible support for the abdomen.

A still further object is to avoid the necessity for carrying legs or supports with the table, but to provide a table adapted to be held in place by two ordinary chairs, one of which chairs will constitute a sufiicient support for the knees or feet of the patient.

My construction is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my table when set up ready for use; Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the table when ready for use; Fig. 3 is a detail showing a bottom view of the main part of the table, that is the portion of the table which supports the chest or head of the patient, and shows this portion of the table entirely unfolded, and also shows in dotted lines the position taken by one of the braces, 2, when folded for carriage. Fig. 4 is a detail of the brace, 2. Fig. 5 is a detail showing a bottom view of the abdominal support. Figs. 6 and 7 are details of the straps for the abdominal supports.

For convenience, I shall refer to the main portion of the table shown in Fig. 3 as the chest support, A, and the portion shown in Fig. 5 as the abdominal support, B. The knees or feet are supported by'the chair, to the rounds of which hooks, 8, are attached.

The chest support is composed of two suitable boards or strips, on, a, joined longitudinally by hinges, 1 1. At the upper end of the pieces, a, a, folding supports, 6, b, are hinged, adapted to lie in the same plane with the pieces, a, a, or to fold at right angles to Fig. 1.

The supports, 1), b, are also hinged tothe pieces, a, a, as shown in gether by a hinge, b placed in line with the hinges, 1, 1, to enable them to fold when the pieces, a, a, are folded together longitudinally. Braces, 2, 2, are hinged to the outer sides of the supports, 6, 5, adapted to fold at right angles to the supports, 6, 6. These braces are preferably formed of iron or steel rods, the ends of which are fitted to enter suitable sockets formed in the supports, 7), b, and each one has a projection, formed at one corner adapted to enter into and be retained by a corresponding slot in a plate, 3, secured near the outer edge of the corresponding piece, a when in operative position, the braces 2, 2 assist in supporting the boards a, a.

The braces, 2, 2, are preferably so hinged that they may be folded flat against the upper surface of the supports, Z), Z), when these supports are in their unfolded position. A strap, 4, is suitably secured to the pieces, a, as, provided with a buckle, and of suflicient length to enable it to go around the seat of the chair upon which the chest support is placed so as to secure the chest support against slipping.

At the lower outer corners of the pieces, a, a, hooks or pins, 10, 10, are provided, adapted to receive and retain rings, 5, secured to the ends of the spring supports, 5, 5, and the opposite ends of the spring supports are provided with hooks, 6, 6, adapted to engage rings, 9, 9, on the ends of the straps, 7 7 At the opposite ends of the straps, 7, 7, adjustable hooks, 8, are provided, adapted to engage and be held by a round of the chair forming the knee support, upon the seat of which the straps, 8, 8, rest when the table is in operative position.

The boards, a, a, are preferably padded as shown at A in Fig. 1. The abdominal support, B, is composed of a pad suitably secured to spring supports, 5, 5. The spring supports, 5, are preferably composed of coiled springs of suitable size and strength, covered with leather, velvet or other suitable material, but 'may be formed of any desired elastic material.

The tension upon these springs may be decreased or increased by moving the chairs which form the supports for the table nearer together or farther apart, the strength and weight of the patient being sufficient to hold the chairs at the desired distance after the patients body is in position upon the table for adjustment.

In folding the table, the abdominal support is unhooked from the pins or hooks, 10, 10, and folded separately. The chest support is folded by disengaging the braces, 2, 2, from the slots, 3, 3, and unfolding the supports, 6, Z), and the braces, 2, 2, tothe position shown in Fig. 3. The parts, a, a, and 5, b, are then folded together upon the hinges, 1, 1, and b and the braces, 2, 2, are then retracted and folded down upon the supports, Z), 6, and the entire table can then be placed in a suit case of small dimensions.

When in use the table is set up as shown in Fig. 1. The patient rests his knees upon the chair at the right of Fi i, and his chest and head upon the chest support, A, upon the left hand chair, his abdomen being supported by the abdominal support, 13, and

the usual chiropractic adjustment can then be applied.

What I claim is:

1. In a chiropractic table, the combination with a folding bed composed of two boards or plates suitably hinged together, of folding supports hinged to the plates at the upper end thereof and folding braces secured to the supports adapted to engage slots in the boards or plates, and aid in supporting the bed.

2. In a chiropractic table, the combination with a folding bed composed. of two boards or plates suitably hinged together, of folding supports hinged to the platesv at the upper 'end thereof and folding braces se cured to the supports adapted to engage slots in the boards or plates and aid in supporting them when in operative position, and to be folded against the supports when folded up for transportation.

3. In a chiropractic table, the combination with a folding chest support composed. of two boards or plates suitably hinged together, of folding support-s hinged to the plates at the upper end thereof, and these supports connected by a hinge secured in line with the hinges of the boards or plates.

4. In a chiropractic table, the combination with a folding bed composed of two boards or plates suitably hinged together, of supports hinged thereto and hinged to each other, each support being provided with a brace suitably secured thereto, and each ports hinged thereto and hinged to each 7 other, each support being provided with a brace suitably secured thereto, and each brace provided with a projection adapted to enter and engage a slotted plate secured to the corresponding board or plate of the folding bed, a flexible abdominal support, means for securing the folding plates or bed to a suitable support such a chair, and means for securing the abdominal sup port in position by attaching same to the folding bed and to another support or chair, such chair or support forming a rest for the knees and feet of the patient when in operative position.

SAMUEL E. KAUFMAN.

lVitnesses H. A. EPsTEIN, P. L. LAMBEOK. 

